Re: [PATCH] IB/mlx4: Fix CM REQ retries in paravirt mode

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Do I need any additional r-b for this to get in?


Thxs, Håkon

> On 26 Jun 2017, at 11:40, jackm <jackm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Nice catch, Haakon!
> 
> -Jack
> 
> On Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:07:50 +0200
> Håkon Bugge <Haakon.Bugge@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> CM REQs cannot be successfully retried, because a new pv_cm_id is
>> created for each request, without checking if one already exists.
>> 
>> By checking if an id exists before creating one, the bug is fixed.
>> 
>> This bug can be provoked by running an RDMA CM user-land application,
>> but inserting a five seconds delay before the rdma_accept() call on
>> the passive side. This delay is larger than the default CMA timeout,
>> and triggers a retry from the active side. The retried REQ will use
>> another pv_cm_id (the cm_id on the wire). This confuses the CM
>> protocol and two REJs are sent from the passive side.
>> 
>> Here is an excerpt from ibdump running without the patch:
>> 
>> 3.285092       LID: 4 -> LID: 4       SDP 290 CM: ConnectRequest(SDP
>> Hello) 7.382711       LID: 4 -> LID: 4       SDP 290 CM:
>> ConnectRequest(SDP Hello) 7.382861       LID: 4 -> LID: 4
>> InfiniBand 290 CM: ConnectReject 7.387644       LID: 4 -> LID:
>> 4       InfiniBand 290 CM: ConnectReject
>> 
>> and here is the same with bug fix applied:
>> 
>> 3.251010       LID: 4 -> LID: 4       SDP 290 CM: ConnectRequest(SDP
>> Hello) 7.349387       LID: 4 -> LID: 4       SDP 290 CM:
>> ConnectRequest(SDP Hello) 8.258443       LID: 4 -> LID: 4       SDP
>> 290 CM: ConnectReply(SDP Hello) 8.259890       LID: 4 -> LID: 4
>> InfiniBand 290 CM: ReadyToUse
>> 
>> Suggested-by: Venkat Venkatsubra <venkat.x.venkatsubra@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Håkon Bugge <haakon.bugge@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reported-by: Wei Lin Guay <wei.lin.guay@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Tested-by: Wei Lin Guay <wei.lin.guay@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: Yuval Shaia <yuval.shaia@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Jack Morgenstein <jackm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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